How to drain Intex pool water?

Quite often, when making spontaneous purchases, people do not think about how they will use the purchased item, whether it suits them according to the conditions of content. This situation often occurs when buying inflatable or frame pools. In his imagination, the buyer sees a beautiful picture - how he swims in a private font in hot summer weather.

Before you buy a product from Intex, you need to work out the aspects of the content of an inflatable or frame product point by point. One of the main points is where and how to drain the water from the pool.

For some, this question arises unexpectedly. After all, some owners think that they will fill the container once and they will enjoy bathing all season.

For inexperienced owners of Intex pools, a nuisance is that the bathing place in the country meets with blooming water with leaves and other debris floating on top. The water is bubbling, microorganisms teeming with it.

In such a situation, part of the water is drained, and the rest is purified using chemicals and a pump with a filter.... When interacting with "chemistry" harmful substances, mud precipitates to the bottom. The water is purified. The pump filters the water and returns it back to the pool. The speed of the recirculation and cleaning process depends on the pump power.

Drain water in summer during heavy rains when the font is overflowing... It is necessary to drain it, so that a large mass of water does not damage the structure of the frame pool or the fabric of the inflatable pool does not break.

When summer ends, the water does not warm up during cold nights. No one wants to swim in cold water. It is necessary to drain it in advance, without waiting for frosty weather, when the water freezes. The formed ice in the pool will tear the PVC from which the product is made. At subzero temperatures, the fabric coarsens and becomes brittle.

Therefore, the water must be drained:

• overflow;
• change of season, with a decrease in temperature;
• when the color of the water has changed, it smells like a swamp;
• when foreign objects, drowned representatives of the animal world, float in the pool.

The technology for draining stationary pools is different from the rules for draining water from Intex products. When draining from a stationary pool for the winter, some owners leave a third of the water, and inflatable and frame pools are emptied to the end in preparation for winter storage.

All Intex products have an instruction manual. It provides advice on proper maintenance.

Before starting to drain the pool, you need to perform the following manipulations:

• purify the pool water;
• wash the walls and bottom of the Easy Set inflatable pool;
• prepare a place for a mass of water;
• prepare the necessary tools for draining.

There are no problems with the discharge of small and children's inflatable products. Some owners pour out the water after each bathing of the little ones. When using children's pools, chemicals are not used, so there is no damage to plants from them.

Large pools are cleaned of dirt by recirculation using a pump. Garbage from the surface of the water and the bottom is collected with a special water vacuum cleaner.

The frame devices are washed out after they have been completely drained. Intex inflatable pools are washed in front of it, since after that the upper inflatable ring will go down and the pool will be folded. At the same stage, the walls and bottom are washed.

The pool is 2x4 meters and contains 20 cubic meters. meters of water.

It is good if the pool is installed above the drainage pit. In this case, the water will go away by gravity.

The main problem with draining is that the drain holes are usually above the bottom. The pump hose is thrown into the pool and the pumping is controlled so that no air gets into it. Submersible pumps are often used, which are installed at the bottom. But they are low-powered and do not completely pump out the liquid. An external pump or pump can handle pool pumping faster.

For convenient draining use special equipment... These are hoses with a diameter of 25 mm, hose adapters, special pumps for pumping water.

If the drain will be made into a tank located at a great distance, a pipe with a diameter of 100-150 mm with shut-off valves that will regulate the drain pressure will do.

Intex pools have two drain holes on opposite sides. The set contains special devices for maintenance. You need to use the adapter included in the kit. Before draining you need:

• remove the cover from the drain hole;
• connect an adapter to it;
• attach the hose to the adapter;
• stretch it to the prepared place for draining;
• open the plug inside the pool;
• for the drain rate, connect the equipment from the pump to the other port and turn on the pump.

But you need to take into account that the water will flood everything around.

The following factors affect the rate of drainage of the pool:

• the volume of the font bowl;
• the angle of inclination at the place where the drain is made;
• the length and number of turns of the drain hose or pipe;
• the power of the pump that is used for draining.

Usually several options are considered when choosing a place to drain water from a pool.

This is the optimal place for water. Here you can lower the pool, which was cleaned using chemicals. Sewage water is treated at a water treatment plant. A valve is installed on the drain pipe or hose, which regulates the drain so as not to overflow the sewer hatches. But not every pool owner has a sewer pipe in the country.

A practical option is to water the garden with water from the pool. It is convenient to drain it into it during preventive replacement. The fluid will benefit green spaces if no chemicals are used to clean it up.

From an inflatable or children's pool of small sizes, water is drained into the garden using a drain hose and a hole in the body. Pumps are used to create pressure during irrigation. Some Intex products include service pumps. With the help of these devices, the draining process is accelerated.

When pumping out, the pump creates water pressure sufficient to water the garden. A sprinkler is connected to the end of the drain hose, which increases the area and quality of irrigation. With this watering, the liquid level in the container decreases at a rate of 1 cm per minute.

The most controversial option for draining water. If a natural reservoir is located in a protected area, it is used for swimming, then it is impossible to drain dirty water into it for ethical reasons.

A ravine or swamp is best suited for draining into the natural environment, if they are at a short distance. For draining, use a pipeline or a long hose. If the pipe is at a slope towards the body of water, the emptying speed will increase. Pumps are used to accelerate the draining. The Intex 28646 model will successfully handle the maintenance and emptying of Intex inflatable and frame pools. It is equipped with a sand cleaning cartridge. When draining the water, the filter is backwashed.

The best way out of the situation so that you do not have to violate local laws when discharging dirty water into the sewer or body of water is to set up a personal drain. After all, the pool will be used for several years. This is usually a pit or trench with a volume of 1 cubic meter. meter. The walls are laid out with bricks. The bottom is covered with natural earth, so the water is gradually absorbed into the ground.

After draining, the frame and inflatable pool is washed, dried and the equipment is unscrewed from the walls and bottom for winter storage.

See below for how to drain your Intex pool.